Jameson denied responsibility, calling Gargan a 'psycho with a poisoning fetish', and later deflected blame onto the 'ivory-tower elite scientist' who did not take precautions due to being hungry for his money. While locked at the Raft, Gargan sued Jameson. Spider-Man eventually put him away at the Raft supermax prison. Through gambling, Gargan had racked up a number of damaging financial debts over time.
Scorpion would go onto become wanted for multiple counts of criminal activity, including attempted murder, first-degree murder, robbery, and kidnapping. Jonah Jameson, in an attempt to create a Spider-Man who was 'not a threat and stops menaces', and someone to take Spider-Man down. He was a run-of-the-mill criminal who became involved in genetic experiments run by Dr. Mac Gargan was born in Yonkers, New York on June 3, 1983.
